Proactive personality and job performance: A social capital perspective

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1011-1017

  Thompson, Jeffery A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Initiative taking; Job performance; Network building; Proactive personality

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACHIEVEMENT; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 26444539823     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.90.5.1011     Document Type: Article

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